Sphere on Black

I recently purchased a glass ball, and have been itching to experiment with it. I wanted to take a picture of it on black and somehow light it up so that the sphere would be lit, but not the black background. I tried a bunch of different things, and ended up circling it with a string of Christmas lights so that it would capture the reflections, but not the lights.

 

Smile on Saturday - Sphere on Black

Done